Elon Musk says SpaceX will prioritize a city on the moon instead of a colony on Mars
SpaceX’s decision to focus on establishing a lunar city ahead of building a Mars colony represents a significant shift in Elon Musk’s space exploration ambitions
Space archaeologists may have found a long-lost Soviet lander on the moon
Scientists have spent decades searching for the final resting place of Luna 9, the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon. Now they’re on the cusp of finding it
Weird new object escalates ‘black hole star’ debate
Researchers have found what might be a little red dot transitioning into its final state, where x-rays burst through its gas cocoon. Others argue the object is nothing special
NASA’s next space suit for Artemis has out-of-this-world mobility
Astronauts are flying to the moon for the first time since 1972, and scientists are preparing specialized space suits for the next milestone—landing there
NASA targets March Artemis II moon mission launch dates
NASA’s updated potential launch windows for its delayed moon mission are now between March 6 and 11
NASA’s Artemis II moon mission engulfed by debate over its controversial heat shield
Experts have sounded the alarm over NASA’s decision to use a heat shield design for Artemis II that may be riskier than the space agency claims
Elon Musk fuses SpaceX with xAI
Acquiring xAI could boost SpaceX’s plans to launch a one-million-strong satellite constellation to act as an orbital data center network
NASA delays Artemis II moon mission after critical test raises issues
NASA will review data gathered during a simulated launch of the Artemis II rocket before revealing a new date for its upcoming moon mission
NASA’s Artemis II launch rehearsal hits a snag
NASA engineers temporarily stopped pumping liquid hydrogen fuel into the Artemis II rocket because of an apparent leak
SpaceX plans to launch one million satellites to power orbital AI data center
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is set to massively expand its orbital footprint in a bid to power next-generation artificial intelligence
Another Earth or a blip in the data? We may never find out
An exoplanet called HD 137010 b might be the closest thing astronomers have ever seen to “Earth 2.0.” The trouble is that it’s only been seen once—and may never be glimpsed again
After all these years, the Hubble Space Telescope is still awesome
The venerable Hubble observatory is going strong despite its decades in space and the advent of next-generation successors